the crimes of george lucas ('90s on)

As the Ewoks celebrate the Festival of Love, tribe members prepare meals, dance, and sing traditional songs, such as this ancestral chant often heard drifting through the treetops of the forest moon: Dugun duca lula ludia nuna, dounga, luna nudia!

This is some sort of furry/Star Wars crossover, isn't it.

The 'guest star' in the video seems only appropriate.

furry/sw/ilx crossover

Title: Ewok Murder Rampage: A Hero Emerges

you know, the Ewok thing would be better if Billy Dee did the whole thing as opposed to the a capella reject

http://circusfiretragedy.com/FanArt/ewok_murder_rampage.jpg

my new favorite band

you know, the Ewok thing would be better if Billy Dee did the whole thing as opposed to the a capella reject

Yes.

Cinematic glory.

why the fuck did I read that Ewok story, there was no way it could be better than "Ewok Murder Rampage"

'Some warriors believe that eating a beast transfers it's soul into you. That would explain the contented joy one feels after consuming a fresh, well-barbecued Ewok'

1 package Boba Fett's Ass-terburner Hot Spice ™ (optional)

No.

ARGH:

http://craziestgadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ewok-soap.jpg

that soap looks... used

that soap makes you smell like an ewok

Flashing back a few months.

mmmm... chocolate-y soap

Oh good grief:

Posted by Andrew Zilch on April 30, 2009 at 7:52 pm

Having fought for the fair treatment of Ewoks with my "Ewok Gospel" video, I am deeply hurt by Mr. Colbert's recent anti-Ewok hate crime.

As a result, I just posted an open letter to Mr. Colbert on my site — andrewzilch.com. Please help me bring this monster to justice.

Yub-nub!!

mdk

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/thumb/e/e9/Dexter_Jettster_NEGTC.jpg/180px-Dexter_Jettster_NEGTC.jpg

http://blog.gamer20.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/george_lucas.jpg

not to be captain-save-a-neck, but here's a riff-in-progress on what makes 77 Star Wars so great: http://www.mstrmnd.com/log/1241

Same guy also did an excellent shot-by-shot analysis of The Shining: http://mstrmnd.com/log/802

not to be captain-save-a-neck, but here's a riff-in-progress on what makes 77 Star Wars so great: http://www.mstrmnd.com/log/1241

Good analysis, if though a bit everything-and-the-kitchen-sink. I suppose that my problem with everything after 1977 Star Wars is that Lucas saw it as a green light to load up future movies with even more half-assed remembrances of The Hero with a Thousand Faces.

I suppose it's time to link to David Brin's "Star Wars despots" article again: http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/1999/06/15/brin_main/

I don't see why we must make a case for Star Wars' greatness to consider it worth watching. It's a pretty good movie, sometimes very exciting, often much worse than that, about which it's impossible for a certain generation (mine) to remain objective.

I actually own this book, in which Brin figures heavily:

http://www.sff.net/people/John-C-Wright/cover%20Star%20wars%20on%20Trial.jpg

It didn't hold up so well the last time I saw it, but I still maintain that The Last Starfighter is better than the original Star Wars. Like Quiznos is better than Subway.

I don't see why we must make a case for Star Wars' greatness to consider it worth watching. It's a pretty good movie, sometimes very exciting, often much worse than that, about which it's impossible for a certain generation (mine) to remain objective.

Yeah--it's fun, exciting, often clever, pretty charming, has an ace villain, and I (along with millions of others) watched it at just the right age.

http://www.scifitv.com.au/Blog/2009/07/jake-lloyd-exclusive-ten-years-after-ep-one/

it seems like the unrelenting awfulness of Episode I turned him into a pretty cool guy.

haha ya!

that's kinda nice.

woah he seems a bit bitter about high school and college. and the rocking back and forth is weird.

you're reading too much into it.

I just saw Crystal Skull on Bluray and that shit is almost as bad as Episode I. I couldn't fucking believe it.

you gotta watch it on regular DVD

cgi gophers don't really hold up well in hd

it really comes into its own on telesync avi

It actually might be better on VHS because the plasticity of the Skull wouldn't come through so much.

remember guys, if the biggest gripes are about how unrealistic the effects look that's not actually bad going

the effects are probably the only fun thing in the movie. My only positive memory of the movie is that the Mushroom Cloud looked cool.

"it really comes into its own on telesync avi"
You are probably joking but you are very right!

never did make that poll

"You would prefer some other utility data? Perhaps individual building meter data? Then name the system!"

― I am moving on baby, I am moving on (Pancakes Hackman), Wednesday, July 15, 2009 3:45 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

:D

actual LOLs re-reading this. i still dont know why it was so funny... something about shakey's personality just made it extra-rofly

i thought it was some obscure nugget about lucasfilm's data output and how that proved the originals didn't exist any more or something

― Cowardly G. Soundgarden (s1ocki), Wednesday, July 15, 2009 1:49 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^ best moment

This thread would make my poll of best ILE threads.

I can't reread this right now (lol ZING) but I remember getting shushed in the library at the time

This thread is amazing. Did you guys realise that he made changes to the movies *before* the 1990s?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_changes_in_Star_Wars_re-releases:

# On Hoth, right after C-3PO tells R2 to "Switch off", R2 gives out a little "blurp".
# When Luke finally collapses in the snow, he lets out a grunt as he lands on his face.
# Han says "until I can get the shelter up" instead of "until I can get the shelter built."
# Luke says an additional "Ben... Dagobah..." just before Han says, "and I thought they smelled bad on the outside."
# When C-3PO tells Luke "It's so good to see you fully functional again", Luke replies, "Thanks, 3PO.

and so on and so on and so on...

This is all for the '70mm' edition whatever the hell that is/was. So basically he'd been tinkering with them since they first came out!

Wasn't 'Episode IV' only added to the opening crawl in later prints of the initial run?

Actually, I'm more bothered by all the extra shit added to THX 1138

― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 15 July 2009 21:59 (4 months ago)

i think the only really bad thing here was the monkey shell-dweller dudes.

Half the complaints about Jar Jar and other aliens in the movie would have been taken care of if they'd gone the route with Greedo, Jabba, etc. in the originals and had them speak in Ben Burtt-invented languages with appropriate subtitles, I figure.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, July 16, 2009 2:49 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark

OTM. I can clearly remember on opening day for Episode 1 having those two green aliens in the beginning talking to each other using silly voices instead of made up languages with subtitles and having a very bad feeling about where the rest of the film was going...